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Monday, February 20, 2017

Some Simpsons Art

Even though there are not many official Simpsons sets,
about 6 official sets (Topps, Skybox and Inkworks) and maybe another 20 or so
international, stickers, oddballs and TCG cards, there are some very cool
promos, subsets and inserts.

In 1994 I picked up a box of 1994 Skybox The Simpsons Series
II and I was fortunate enough to pull one of the extremely difficult Arty Art
cards which were seeded 1:180 packs with each card having a different style of
art set inside a black frame. The card I pulled was #A1 from Mary Fleener of
Marge and Homer in a Cubism style.

I finally decided to put an end to the hunt and last summer I figured to just
find the cards at a reasonable price. I found one dealer that worked out a deal
for me for cards #A3 (Gary Painter) Bart on a Skateboard and card #A4 (Jim
Valentino) Shadowbart and Homer Hawk. He had actually just sold the other card
that I needed a day or two before I contacted him so I ended up going elsewhere
for card #A2 (Sam Keith) Evil Bart.

The cards were rare for the time, two per case, but I
cannot find any specific numbers. It is safe to assume that there were
thousands of cases so I am willing to bet there are at least 1,000 of each card
floating around in collector’s collections but you would be surprised to see
that these cards still sell easily for $40-50 each.

About Me

I started collecting as a kid but by the time I hit my teens my interests were elsewhere. I returned to the hobby in 1992, just in time to see the junk wax era go in to full swing. My collecting interests have changed over the past 25 years and I prefer to focus on just a couple of players.

My collection is very specific now because I want to keep it controlled and organized, I now focus mainly on my Ken Griffey Jr. & Jay Buhner collections.